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Barcelona WTCR testing: Munnich Honda's Esteban Guerrieri fastest

Munnich Motorsport driver Esteban Guerrieri set the quickest time on the opening day of World Touring Car Cup testing at Barcelona

The Argentinian set his fastest time in his Honda Civic Type R during the afternoon session, producing a 1m54.531s that was two tenths of a second quicker than he went in the morning.

Guerrieri, who was second to team-mate Nestor Girolami in the morning, racked up 25 laps over the course of the day - ending the test a full three tenths faster than his compatriot.

Jean-Karl Vernay ended the day third quickest in his Team WRT Audi RS3 LMS, ahead of Team Mulsanne's Kevin Ceccon who caused the afternoon session to end early after stopping his Alfa Romeo Giulietta out on track.

Vernay's Audi team-mate Gordon Shedden finished up fifth fastest, while Ceccon's Alfa stablemate Ma Qing Hua ended up ninth.

WTCR rookies Niels Langeveld (Comtoyou Audi) and Attila Tassi (KCMG Honda) were sixth and seventh respectively, with Dutchman Langeveld posting a time of 1m55.925s in the opening session, 1.394s off Guerrieri's final benchmark.

Rob Huff was the fastest of the Volkswagen Golf GTIs with the eighth quickest time for Sebastien Loeb Racing. The 2012 WTCC champion set a best time of 1m56.290s, 1.759s slower than Guerrieri's Honda.

Tom Coronel, Mehdi Bennani and Benjamin Leuchter were next up.

Reigning WTCR champion Gabriele Tarquini was 14th quickest with a best time of 1m56.728s, set during the morning's running, while team-mate Norbert Michelisz was 16th.

The remaining two BRC Racing drivers Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg were absent due to other commitments with BMW.

Swedish newcomers Lynk & Co and PWR Racing had a quiet day, with TCR Europe champion Mikel Azcona finishing highest for the latter in 17th place.

Yann Ehrlacher was the best of the Lynk & Co 03s two place further back, with 2017 WTCC champion Thed Bjork 22nd.

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